Hemodialysis one evaluation at St. Clare Hospital

11315 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1689672693

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$1,168.73

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,054.69

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$793.09 with Kaiser vs $3,489.60 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $793.09 ↓ -32%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $793.09 ↓ -32%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $801.02 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $816.88 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $816.88 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $816.88 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $848.61 ↓ -27%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $856.54 ↓ -27%
United Medicare|All Plans $856.54 ↓ -27%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $864.47 ↓ -26%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $912.05 ↓ -22%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $912.05 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $1,196.95 ↑ +2%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,246.82 ↑ +7%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $1,506.87 ↑ +29%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $1,522.73 ↑ +30%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $1,570.32 ↑ +34%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $1,617.62 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $1,715.58 ↑ +47%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,727.04 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $1,887.27 ↑ +61%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $1,980.32 ↑ +69%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $2,261.39 ↑ +93%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $2,338.42 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Navigate $2,502.60 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $2,634.35 ↑ +125%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,634.35 ↑ +125%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $2,966.16 ↑ +154%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,489.60 ↑ +199%

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Hemodialysis one evaluation at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $1,685.88 $764.79 – $841.27
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $2,664.00 $794.75 – $3,008.14
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $3,264.80 $149.70 – $2,304.11
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $2,664.00 $794.75 – $2,912.14
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $2,664.00 $296.74 – $3,008.14
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $1,369.90 $206.29 – $1,414.86
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland $2,676.10 $121.05 – $2,502.52
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $3,635.80 $130.53 – $2,007.58

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